With a changing of the guard at the Securities and Exchange Commission, many companies are waiting to see what the regulatory enforcement picture will look like in 2013.
Lawyers and enforcement experts, however, don't expect the SEC or the Justice Department to ease up on aggressive enforcement of securities laws, fraud, and global corruption. In fact, the number of enforcement actions could increase in the coming year.
With the SEC's whistleblower program, established under the Dodd-Frank Act, expected to shift into high gear and the Justice Department signaling no slow down in vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ...